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Experts on ocean governance from around the world are meeting in Seychelles to discuss and identify solutions to overcome challenges. The six-day meeting comes after the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UN-DOALOS) expressed interest in holding a training session for the Indian Ocean countries. The meeting is on ocean governance issues and the Law of the Sea in collaboration with the Nairobi Convention.
Experts on ocean governance from around the world are meeting in Seychelles to discuss and identify solutions to overcome challenges. The six-day meeting comes after the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UN-DOALOS) expressed interest in holding a training session for the Indian Ocean countries. The meeting is on ocean governance issues and the Law of the Sea in collaboration with the Nairobi Convention.
The Nairobi Convention is a treaty that works to protect, manage, and develop the western Indian Ocean and it came into force in 1996. The participants in the meeting will also help provide information to the World Ocean Assessment, which is a United Nations regular process.
One of the facilitators, Francois Bailet, head of capacity-building and Trust Funds at UN-DOALOS, highlighted the various legislation, frameworks, and policies in place in the different countries to govern the ocean. However, he said in his address that those present must reinforce their collective abilities to safeguard the oceans.
To safeguard the oceans, an array of topics will be addressed including regional seas conventions and protocols, regional fisheries management conventions and arrangements. The participating countries have various legislation to guide the way they govern their seas and oceans, like the Blue Economy legislation for Seychelles.
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The meeting is in two parts with the first introducing participants to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and other related agreements. There will also be an overview of the legal and institutional frameworks for the management of oceans at the global, regional, and national levels. The second part of the meeting will focus on the thematic elements of the third World Ocean Assessment in two parts.
